Fixing Garage Door Opener Range: Ferrite Cores
Not too long ago, a reader reached out to me about a range problem they were having with their garage door opener. He had implemented my DIY smart garage door opener solution …
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My ZoneMinder Surveillance Setup
I’ve written about many different aspects of my smart home over the years. However, I haven’t dedicated an article to my surveillance system, powered by ZoneMinder. Maybe I haven’t written about it …
Home Assistant Can Control Google Assistant
If you’re like me, you want all smart home devices you buy to integrate with Home Assistant directly. It allows you to combine devices and write powerful automations for your home. Unfortunately, …
My Experience Moving To Lithium Ion UPSes
Uninterruptable power supplies, or UPSes, are important for preserving your electronics and your work during power outages and fluctuations. I use them to protect and keep my servers, desktop, router, switches, and …
Xiaomi Mi 3C Smart Air Purifier Review
How is the air quality in your home? Recently I was concerned that the air quality in my house wasn’t good. I decided to build my own air quality sensor. Then I …
Backup Your Linux Install With Timeshift
Ubuntu Linux is my primary OS of choice at home. I use Ubuntu server to run most of my home lab servers, and I use Ubuntu desktop as my primary day-to-day OS. …
Air Quality Monitoring and Improving My Sensor
A little while back I wrote about my experience making an ESPHome-based air quality sensor. That sensor has continued to work really well for me. So much so, that I decided to …